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Alex Peake-Tomkinson

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This week (on Remembrance Day, in fact) in 1968, my mum arrived at Southampton docks with her family to live in England forever. She had never left Apartheid-era South Africa until she had to — @canoncollinstrust paid for her boat fare and that
A virus and a bout of food poisoning in October meant I watched more telly 📺 and read fewer books 📚 but the Chris Kraus @scribe_uk was fascinating prep for our @southbankcentre talk, I’ve reviewed the Elizabeth Day for the Spectator, Home by
I had fun reviewing Lily King’s sad and sexy new novel Heart of Lover ❤️ for @ft_weekend, even if I didn’t love it quite as much as everyone else I spoke to about it.
Andrew O’Hagan on friendship was always going to be a slam dunk. I’ve reviewed his new essay collection, On Friendship, for @spectatorlife and I’m hoping there’s a memoir on the way. And for good measure, here’s me and o
I wrote about love 💗 💗 💗 and Stephen Grosz’s long-awaited new book, Love’s Labour, for @prospect_magazine, will add a link 🔗 to the piece in my stories.
2 bananas 🍌 will always be my rider for evening events but last night I went mental and had 3… all to fuel a great time with @chriskraus7, discussing her latest non-fiction novel The Four Spent the Day Together @southbankcentre as part of the
September work reads were A-OK ❤️ 📚! I reviewed Tessa Hadley’s The Party @vintagebooks last year but it was lovely to revisit it for our @sevenoaksbookshop event last week — Tessa’s a dream author to chair and I heartily recommend
September was not good, all in all but these were the bright spots. Ninth trip to Seville and I hit my upper limit as a carnivore at @elcairorestaurante with their house speciality… blood🩸and onions 🧅 🙈 Also found Seville’s only resta
I wrote a tiny bit on My Beautiful Laundrette — which has been rereleased after 40 years — for @prospect_magazine’s culture newsletter. I only recently found out that Daniel Day-Lewis improbably beat Kenneth Branagh (as well as Tim

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